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Handerpants: The Absurd Undies Your Appendages Never Knew They Needed

File this under (hilarious) solutions in search of a problem: Handerpants are underwear you wear on your hands, and they do double duty by combating the all-but-non-existent issue of chafing beneath your gloves and making everyone wonder, "What the heck is wrong with that person!?"

Meet Handerpants, the $12 gag gift discovered by the blog Laughing Squid that's so ridiculous, it just may qualify as pure genius. As purveyor Archie McPhee tells it, "Are you really naked under those gloves? For Pete's sake, put on some Handerpants! These 95% cotton, 5% spandex, fingerless gloves have the look and feel of men's briefs. Slip them on underneath your gloves for extra warmth and protection from chafing! Wear them on their own as a vaguely inappropriate fashion statement! Hundreds of uses! Fits most adult hands."

But wait! There's also a hilarious infomercial:

Are Handerpants in your future, gals? Do you know anyone who would absolutely benefit from a pair of these babies? Discuss!